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Ridiculously easy Crispy Chicken Tacos are the best of tacos, taquitos, and nachos combined! Flavourful shredded chicken and scandalous amounts of melted cheese are baked in corn tortillas until crispy, crunchy and altogether irresistible! This is bound to be your new favourite for busy weeknight meals, friends.

Crispy Chicken Tacos

Rebecca Lindamood
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Ridiculously easy Crispy Chicken Tacos are the best of tacos, taquitos, and nachos combined! Flavourful shredded chicken and scandalous amounts of melted cheese are baked in corn tortillas until crispy, crunchy and altogether irresistible! This is bound to be your new favourite for busy weeknight meals, friends.

Equipment

  • 1 mixing bowl
  • 1 sturdy spoon
  • Measuring Cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 2 half sheet pans

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups shredded chicken leftover is ideal
  • 2 tablespoons chicken taco seasoning
  • 14 corn tortillas
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 1 lb shredded Monterey jack cheese or pepper jack cheese
  • Lime wedges
  • Optional for serving:
  • Avocados or guacamole
  • Chopped Tomatoes or salsa
  • Fresh cilantro
  • Sour cream
  • Shredded Lettuce
  • Hot sauce
  • Creamy chipotle sauce

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 450ºF.
  • Toss the shredded chicken with the chicken taco seasoning and set it aside.
  • Wrap corn tortillas in a damp tea towel or paper towels and microwave on HIGH for 30 seconds to 1 minute, or until pliable. Set the warm tortillas near your sheet pans.
  • Spritz the two sheet pans lightly with nonstick cooking spray. Brush one tortilla on both sides with the olive oil.
  • Stack another tortilla on it and brush the top side. Continue stacking and brushing the top of the tortillas until they are all oiled.
  • Place a tortilla on the greased pan. Scatter about 2 tablespoons of grated cheese on half of it. Arrange about ¼ cup of the chicken mixture over the cheese and top with another 2 tablespoons or so of grated cheese.
  • Press the filling gently so it holds together. Fold tortillas over the pile of chicken filling and carefully flip over so the chicken weighs down the tortilla. Make sure your tacos are in a single layer on the baking sheet and leave a little space around each one for air to circulate.
  • Continue filling the tortillas until all of them are full and the filling is used up. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
  • Remove the pan from the oven and use a spatula to carefully flip over the tacos. Return the pan to the oven and bake for another 8 to 10 minutes, or until the tortillas are crispy and the cheese that has escaped them is crunchy and deep golden brown on the pan.
  • Allow your crunchy chicken tacos to rest for 3 minutes before serving. The tacos will continue to crisp up as they cool.
  • Squeeze a little fresh lime juice over the tacos as you serve them.

Nutrition

Calories: 651kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 45gFat: 40gSaturated Fat: 18gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 137mgSodium: 654mgPotassium: 390mgFiber: 4gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 701IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 625mgIron: 3mg

Nutritional information is an estimate and provided to you as a courtesy. You should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.

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